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# Why is there a collision error when switching generation? {#_why_is_there_a_collision_error_when_switching_generation}
Home Manager currently installs packages into the user environment,
precisely as if the packages were installed through `nix-env --install`.
This means that you will get a collision error if your Home Manager
configuration attempts to install a package that you already have
installed manually, that is, packages that shows up when you run
`nix-env --query`.
For example, imagine you have the `hello` package installed in your
environment
``` shell
$ nix-env --query
hello-2.10
```
and your Home Manager configuration contains
``` nix
home.packages = [ pkgs.hello ];
```
Then attempting to switch to this configuration will result in an error
similar to
``` shell
$ home-manager switch
these derivations will be built:
/nix/store/xg69wsnd1rp8xgs9qfsjal017nf0ldhm-home-manager-path.drv
[…]
Activating installPackages
replacing old home-manager-path
installing home-manager-path
building path(s) /nix/store/b5c0asjz9f06l52l9812w6k39ifr49jj-user-environment
Wide character in die at /nix/store/64jc9gd2rkbgdb4yjx3nrgc91bpjj5ky-buildenv.pl line 79.
collision between /nix/store/fmwa4axzghz11cnln5absh31nbhs9lq1-home-manager-path/bin/hello and /nix/store/c2wyl8b9p4afivpcz8jplc9kis8rj36d-hello-2.10/bin/hello; use nix-env --set-flag priority NUMBER PKGNAME to change the priority of one of the conflicting packages
builder for /nix/store/b37x3s7pzxbasfqhaca5dqbf3pjjw0ip-user-environment.drv failed with exit code 2
error: build of /nix/store/b37x3s7pzxbasfqhaca5dqbf3pjjw0ip-user-environment.drv failed
```
The solution is typically to uninstall the package from the environment
using `nix-env --uninstall` and reattempt the Home Manager generation
switch.
You could also opt to unistall *all* of the packages from your profile
with `nix-env --uninstall '*'`.